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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened when Hardcoop could no longer walk?
(a) They let him lie in the wagons.
(b) They carried him on their backs.
(c) They left him behind to die.
(d) They made crutches for him.

2. When did they think the summit would be snowed in?
(a) By January
(b) By the middle of November
(c) That week
(d) By the middle of December

3. How many wagons did each family have?
(a) 5
(b) 3
(c) 1
(d) 2

4. What did the families do in the evening?
(a) Prepared for the next day.
(b) They hunted.
(c) Relaxed
(d) They went to bed very early.

5. What did Sutter do?
(a) He was a hunter.
(b) He rescued people who were injured on the trail.
(c) He was a pioneer.
(d) He established a fort and trading post.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Reed react to Clyman's message?

2. Why did they decide to take the cutoff?

3. How did the Murphy clan and the Reeds and Donners get along?

4. How fast was the Donner Party moving as they blazed through the Wasatch?

5. How did they get the wagons down the canyons?

(see the answer key)

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